Saracen Heart

muska Maşallah! If you've been to Turkey, chances are you've seen this word woven into a banner hanging on a taxi or bus windo...

wikipedia 2012 is supposed to be a year of transition. I didn't come up with this idea - the Mayan calendar says so: "End of Gr...

wikipedia Election season brings out the animal in lots of people. (Sorry for the bad joke.) I won't say if I'm a donkey or an...

ARWEN This isn't Vermont, although the picture does remind me of my days at Bennington and a certain local poet. Two roads d...

image credit You may recall last spring/summer I was actively researching Mithraic mysteries and Cilician pirates. Well, the research l...

clipart etc ost everything I write has roots in some archeological site, artwork, or historical figure. I take what information I need a...

wikipedia Throughout Turkey, there are beautiful Ottoman era fountains, called çeşme. Marble or mosaic tile fountains are named after p...